OK, I don't get WTF is so funny with Comic Sans?
LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement
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Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement
#12Transcript in the other front page submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7760615
Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement
#13I'm curious as to their funding goal. Sounds like a couple salaries for a year or two. It almost seems appropriate to test the waters here with a KickStarter. OpenSSL is pervasive in technology, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were able to achieve even somewhat lofty donations from a combination of both individuals and private organizations.
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#14Since no one has said it yet -- (maybe it is too obvious?) -- thanks to anyone who takes the time to improve old crufty code that most of us rely on. (Yes, even if you weaponize Comic Sans.)
Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement
#15I'm curious as to their funding goal. Sounds like a couple salaries for a year or two. It almost seems appropriate to test the waters here with a KickStarter. OpenSSL is pervasive in technology, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were able to achieve even somewhat lofty donations from a combination of both individuals and private organizations.
+1. It would be great if they would set up some a kickstarter or another mainstream mechanism for people to contribute (?dogecoin?).
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#16Sounds like they are doing excellent work here but it is a pity the license can never be GPL compatible.
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#17Sounds like they are doing excellent work here but it is a pity the license can never be GPL compatible.
Seriously, why did they pick the 4 clause BSD license and Apache 1.0 license? Is it just out of spite for the GPL?
This whole thing seems kind of childish. The website and slides are especially unprofessional - not just amateurish, I think it takes work to make the slides as bad as they are. What is the point?
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#18The software used to create this is MagicPoint. The link in the slides is wrong, currently the website is http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/
It's a shame there's not even a tiny bit of JS in the pages. Being able to press right or down to advance would be nice. Though I like how lightweight it all this. I suspect the software is old and the link hasn't been updated in its source.
Not only that, but the slides are JPG with horrible artifacts, and the text is JPG too, making it look bad and not be compatible with screen readers.
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#19Sounds like they are doing excellent work here but it is a pity the license can never be GPL compatible.
Seriously, why did they pick the 4 clause BSD license and Apache 1.0 license? Is it just out of spite for the GPL? This whole thing seems kind of childish. The website and slides are especially unprofessional - not just amateurish, I think it takes work to make the slides as bad as they are. What is the point?
They didn't pick the license. The new code is ISC licensed, but the bulk of the code is from OpenSSL, so the project as a whole is stuck with OpenSSL's license.
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#20Is there a US-based not-for-profit that sends money to LibreSSL? (Yes, this is a little round-about, but a tax benefit is nice.)